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+Overview
+========
+
+This is a simple utility, with the intention of reading from a packed
+payload, into a searchable tree.
+
+The tree is comprised of url path bases.
+
+Also, to be able to take a list of these path bases, and render a packed payload.
+
+
+Algorithm
+=========
+
+For more information on the algorith used to pack the payload, see 
+https://github.com/jbowes/content-set-packer
+
+
+Compiling
+=========
+
+You can use either ant, or maven. I included the only two jar deps, for local 
+tools and ant builds.
+But the unit tests are currently run with maven.
+